Planning and design of cost-effective water harvesting structures for efficient utilization of scarce water resources in semi-arid regions of Rajasthan, India

Water Resources Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-235

  Machiwal, Deepesh ^a   Jha, Madan K ^a   Singh, P K ^b   Mahnot, S C ^b   Gupta, A ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Dry stone masonry structures; India; Indigenous water harvesting structures; Semi arid region; Upstream wall cement masonry structures; Water harvesting; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EMBANKMENTS; MASONRY CONSTRUCTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ECONOMIC INDICATORS; SEMI-ARID REGIONS; TECHNICAL SKILLS; WATER HARVESTING STRUCTURES;

WATER RESOURCES;

IRRIGATION; RAINWATER; SEMIARID REGION; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 4644328802     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WARM.0000043152.86425.7b     Document Type: Article

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